This track is just beautiful! Why did I pick it for the throwback track of the day? Well back in 1998 listeners for BBC Radio 1 voted this number 1 in the 100 national anthems. For me this track has got everything, lush strings, scratching, a breakbeat with hypnotic bells in there too. The vocals …
Single Review: “I Wish You Well” – Chidi Digital and ROT8TIONS
This is an instrumental of sublime levels… The drums are dusty and warm, reminding you of old jazz records, fused with a vinyl crackle, and it just whisks me back to listening to records on a really good hi fi system, it just sounds so natural. You can’t always get that with a sample of …
Single Review: “Third Ear (3rd Room Edit) – ARPRAXIS
This is a fantastic bit of dance music, it starts off with the bleeps and bloops until 0:05 which comes and goes. I love the little bit of a sampled beatbox around 0:09, the vocal samples give it such a club mix feel, and it just…. Wakes you up. The bass line is an octave …
Album Review: “Motherland Journey” Blue Lab Beats. Words: Del Osei-Owusu
Blue Lab Beats – Motherland Journey Sky Reflections The first track on this opens with with an instrumental, you could just imagine this as a concert entry music… The way that this starts off is uplifting, and I love it. I love the the synth chords start out, and I really need to find out …
Album Review: “JFlames Presents Before The Tide Rises” – JFlames
Ready For Love – JFlames featuring Ruinz Ason A great choice for an album opener…. The beat is summery, and has such a great vibe… This is Ruinz Ason in full lyrical introspective mode, talking about being ready for love. The thing I like about Ruinz is that his lyrics are fully thought out — …
Blog interview: DJ Abilities
Congratulations on the release of “Worldwide”, how does it feel? Thank you. It feels awesome, it’s been quite a long time coming for new music. I’m grateful for the response to “Worldwide” and excited for the whole record to be out. You are a DJ from Minnesota, how did it begin for you? I …
Blog interview: Sunflower Thieves
Sunflower Thieves, thanks for agreeing to speak to us. How are you? Thanks for having us – we’re doing okay thank you! Keeping busy and as creative as possible! Hope you’re good. Yes we are well thankyou for asking! Congratulations on the release of your new single “Don’t Mind The Weather”, give me three words …
Blog interview: JFlames
Hey JFlames, how are you? I’m very well sir, keeping my head down and my ears up, keeping active while doing absolutely nothing at the same time (The balance). A rapper. Producer. Beatmaker. Poet. Philospher. So much more. How did it all begin for you? In 2002 I attended summer arts college in Lewisham south …
Blog interview: Anne McCoy
Photo credit: Ru Medj Hi Anne, thanks for agreeing to talk to us! How are you? I’m good thank you, looking forward to a busy year ahead. You work in PR, how did you get your start? I started in college by volunteering at college events, initially I was doing things like selling tickets and …